Too much cherry, too much sugar, saved only by the carbonation. Complexity of lambik gets lost - little funk or oak. Wouldn't be surprised to read this was sweetened, though the label mentions only cherries.

A: Very red. Looks like raspberries syrup in sparkling water. Decent head. More lacing that I expected.

S: Cough syrup is the first thing that came to mind. After the initial shock, I started to be able to smell the raspberry and all the other fruits that were in this.

T: Cough syrup again. Sweet. Very sweet. I get passed the initial shock and finally start to appreciate it. Good fruit flavors. The only problem is, this almost tastes like the fake fruit syrups that you would get in an Italian soda.

Red beer, good head, nearly clear. Sexy appearance. Yum. But then I smelled it. Ludens cherry cough drops. This isn't beer. This is the drug store. Ouch. Nostrils flare, another sniff, whoof, more medicine. Such a shame. The taste is still consistent, with a terrible aftertaste, persistent softness ad sweetness, but besides tart, there's nothing to the taste until the medicinal end.

Time to pack the girlfriend for the trip home to Atlanta. She liked this beer, but I didn't love it. Still love the style though.

Arrived with two fingers of dark pink to red head, body is deep red. Aroma is light amount of funk and bitter cherry. Flavor is good, cherry again a bit of funk, a little tart as well. Light on the palate and crisp carbonation. Also the head laces very nicely

Small corked bottle, poured into a wine glass for lack of a better one while in Toronto.
It looks real nice, glowing cherry color, long lasting white head with a slight pink tinge, good lacing.
Aroma is cherry, some acidity, sugar and candy.
Light bodied, refreshing, sweet, perhaps a bit too sweet, but somewhat balanced by acidity and minimal sourness.
Good, but would be better with less sugar.

Pours blood red with a little tinge of pink. One finger bright white head. Lacing and retention are good.

Smells like Maraschino cherries mixed with table sugar. This seems like it should be mixed with ice cream...

Tastes mostly like one of those fruity vodka drinks your girlfriend might order at a bar. Super syrupy and sugary. Not a touch of alcohol can be tasted here. It does taste like cherries, so there's that. I can feel a sugar rush hitting me...

Creamy mouthfeel with stinging high carbonation.

This beer is too sweet and sugary. Consider drinking it if you're reaching for a Smirnoff Ice. You just got iced, bro.

Deep red in colour, topped generously with off-white (or barely pink) head. Tart cherry aroma is simple but very pleasant. While this has been sweetened, it's not a syrupy mess of a beer. It is still predominately tart, but not puckeringly so. It tastes of sour cherries with a light tannic note. The mouthfeel is light and refreshing. This would work well as a simple thirst quencher during the summertime. I was worried this would be a cloying mess like the Chapeau sweetened fruit lambics, but this is actually decent.

Poured clear, bright red, with a foamy white head. Obvious aroma of cherries, with not much else coming through. Heavy cherry taste, more sweet than sour, which is sometimes good. Comes off a little medicine-y than authentic fresh cherries, but still very nice. It is a kriek after all. Light and sweet mouthfeel, and quite drinkable if your in the mood for a good cherry beer.

Bourgondy red colour, pale pink head. Modest carbonation, but nice lacing in the glass.
Smell is nice pleasant of cherries. Ripe ones and sour ones.
Taste is a nice balance between sour and sweet. Very clean taste. The cherry taste is quite faint, i have to say. Not as pronounced as the smell tries to indicate.
A bit watery mouthfeel, but refreshing of character nevertheless.
Overall, a good and solid kriek.

S - Very fruity, with strong, pronounced cherry notes, and a little bit of a yeasty funkiness.

T - Loads of sour cherry and even a little bit of raspberry (?) (or, perhaps, that is the elderberry juice). Some sweetness. The finish is tart and a little sweet at the same time. No bitterness whatsoever.

M - Light-to-medium feel to it. Nice effervescence at first. Great feel to it! I particularly liked how there was not a lot of acidity like in some other fruit lambics.

D - Drinks well. For a tart fruit beer, this is a very drinkable brew.

A: Fully translucent orange/red beer. Very nice color. When I opened it, no pop, nothing. Aggressive pour didn't give much head at all. Head is foamy and white with poor retention. There is some amount of lacing though...

S: Very fruity smell. There is also good amount of tartness and raspberry/cherry juice. A bit of medicinal smell in this. Some very light earthy notes. Some leafy mint too. A bit One dimensional.

T: Much more acid than the raspberry version, still not sour enough though for a true lambic. Vinous with lots of tartness. Cheap, artificial, sour cherry candy like flavor as well as raspberries (which aren't supposed to be in this). Oak-y notes and light pepper. Still a bit medicinal. Overall, it tastes good, but could have been better.

M: Medium to light body with medium to strong carbonation. What you wish for the beer but not "impressive" by any means.

D: It's a fruit beer that tastes like fruit candy. Easy to drink for sure just not super interesting.

Mort subite - sudden death. So kriek would make this the sudden death by cherries?

A - pink. It's a kriek. Head is thin cotton candy pink and body is also a ruby cool-aid red.

S - smells pink too. Cherries are there the elderberries are in here too (as per the label) but I'm not familiar enough with elderberries to know what I'm looking for. It has lots of subtle layers. Colors and seasons and types of cherries

T - it has the cherry flavor not of fake candy but of the cherry filling in Bon bons. Like the fancy syrup in ihop. Slight tangy sour aftertaste. Designed to be had with Belgian chocolate.

M - smooth and crisp

D - fantastic dessert beer. Give me this with a chocolate and I'll order it everytime.

Pours crystal clear and red if looked at in light, but a brownish colour when looked at from atop... Nice head, little lacing, but excellent retention. The aromas and palate are dominated by dried cherries, but with a light sourness that becomes puckering slowly over time. Enjoyable, and a nice light sour IMO.

Please bear with me as this is my first time trying lambic. I picked up a 25 cl bottle at Carrefour for about $2 and poured it into a champagne flute. It gave me about 1-2" of pinkish head which provide generous lacing and appeared a reddish cranberry color. It was clear not cloudy. Smell is cherries, not too much else, there is something else fruity in there but can't put my finger on it. Taste is malty and cherrries, like a cherry soda, alcohol taste is barely present. Mouth feel is bubbly and light-not as much as champagne but still somewhat dry. Drinkability is okay but when I buy something Belgium I am looking for something a bit more manly. My wife didn't even like this. May try again but when I can get a Chimay red for almost the same price-why would I? I can now say I gave it a try!

From a bottle purchased at the LCBO, poured into a pint glass and shared with my girlfriend. She loves the stuff. BBD of Sept 2011?

Brigt red cranberry/cherry couloured body with a few fingers of lace 'fizzling' to some splotches with some sheets of lace. Nose is a sharp a tart one, cherry sweetness but there is a sense of the sourness here as well. Flavour has loads of cherry in it, sweet initially but sours up against the cheeks in the midmouth. Medium-high carbonation, and goes down fast and easy. I can see why she digs this. Fairly likeable and drinkable for my first lambic ever (surprisingly!).

Sampled July 2010 at De Heeren van Liedekercke
This beer arrives from the tap with a dark purple, deep red color. The beer is flat, but there is a touch of a ring head around the edges of my glass. Fruity smelling, though I wouldn't necessarily describe it as expressively of cherries; this smells more berry like, or perhaps sort of like red wine. When I come back to the nose after a bit I get a floral, ripe cherry note that is now much more noticeable. The cherry derived notes are definitely the dominant character in the nose, but there is also a note of popcorn some how, or perhaps it is a note reminiscent of sweet corn.

The beer is dry tasting and tart with a lactic and cherry sourness to it. Behind this is a note of sweet baby vomit. My second sip has a berry-like, red wine character being noticeable in the flavor. This is quite tannic, though it is not overly astringent. This is not very complexly flavor and more vaguely fruity with some faded cherry flavors. This would be exceedingly light and quaffable if not for the tannic, cherry skin finish.

Put off trying numerous fruit beers but I caved for this one a few days ago at the LCBO. Not a massive fan of them in the first place but I'm giving it a chance.

A - Lot's of smoke when the cork is popped on this. Pours with a solid, cloud-like, pillowy, 2 finger, pinkish/white head leaving incredible lacing as it goes down. Cloudy christmasy red/pink colour with medium carbonation.

S - Soury cherry aromas and some yeast and wheat as well.

T - Somewhat sour upfront and in the finish, but much more noticable in the finish and the middle is dominated by overly sweet flavours. Cherry is there also but not in its pure form. Tastes alot more like juice which could be from the elderberry juice in there. There is too much aside from cherry going on that detracts from it. It's not horrible but the juices might be holding this back. Ingredients say there is corn and sugar in there too which might be what's giving it sweetness and taking away from the cherry flavours. If actual cherries had been used I could see this being much better.

M - Dances on the tongue with lingering flavours. Light bodied

D - The sweetness of this ruins the drinkability. It's ok, but not something I want often or even once and a while. Again, getting away from juices would probably make this better. One as a novelty is good enough for me.

Pours a pinkish-red colour with bubbly white head. Lacing has some coverage of the glass. Smell is sweet cherry, almost like cherry flavoured candy. Taste is both sweet and a sour tartness. I haven't had a lambic before (that I can remember) so it is hard to review to style, but I do enjoy this. It is too sweet for an everyday beer for me, but I'd be willing to have this again sometime.